You Snitch, You Disappear

why would anyone rat you out?

So you now know how I feel about rats. Good. Now let's take a few steps back. Why would a scum bag become a rat in the first place? From my experience, there are four reasons.

Let's look at them.

1- For the good of society People rat others out because they think , notice I wrote think , they are saving the world. They think they are the freaking reincarnation of Mother Teresa and think what they do in life actually matters. Well, fugedaboudit .

Look at recent history. Whether it was the tobacco whistleblower or the Enron chick who opened her big trap, they quickly faded into history as big mouths and nothing more. For ratting on things they weren't supposed to, what did they get? Their lives got torn upside down, their existence was threatened, their personal history was exposed, their reputations got tainted, their characters were questioned, they contemplated suicide, and they didn't see a penny for their efforts (but they did get a big fat legal bill).

Linda Tripp exposed horny ex-president Clinton, and look what happened. While the kneeler Lewinsky is banking on her notoriety, Trapp Face has to deal with a debt of millions she used to defend herself in court.

Did they save us from anything? Of course not. Half the country still smokes and will continue to smoke. Clinton continues doing whatever it is he does in Harlem. And as for Enron, are you that stupid to believe that corporate greed has disappeared as a result of all these investigations? Did La Cosa Nostra disappear after over 70 years of persecution?

Doing stuff for society's good is as useless as posting up speed limits on the highway. It's not your battle to fight. Get over it, go back to suburbia, and drink it off.